Young People Want Neither to Study nor to Work

Maciejowski treats press photos as a sketchbook. He is interested in the absurd, stereotypical, and banal nature of the media and their message. However, the criticism hidden in his paintings is never directed against the ordinary man. “My tools include a 4B pencil and oil paints. I’ve always wanted my paintings to be communicative immediately, at first sight, rather than being overly artistic, that is, incomprehensible,” the artist explains in an interview.